hssvss 2009

Shareware / Freeware DIY Home Surveillance System

HINTS

E-Alerts, the Email alerts feature does not work with hotmail or yahoo accounts as the reply address. This is deliberate. You can however send to hotmail or yahoo. Make sure the reply address is a valid address provided by your ISP.

Targeting motion detectionTargeting: With the motion detection feature active while aiming set the sensitivity level to that which is slightly above the naturally changing level due to normal video Changes.

Active USB cable Use an Active USB cable to extend the distance between your camera and your computer.

Place the camera in a location such as a doorway or outside window.

For professional results bolt your camera into position.

Do not unplug the Camera while the software is operating, as this will crash the program.

Do not use your camera in locations where it may become wet.

If you want to use two cameras at once a USB hub will allow you to use the same Active USB Cable to allow both cameras to operate at once.

Timelapse mode uses large amounts of disk space if you leave it running for long periods of time.

The motion detection feature works just as well within the target zone and uses much less of your computer resources,

When creating an AVI check the compression box if you want to compress the AVI. When the process starts you will be given a chance to set the Video Format and Compression.

Using Hubs: Just Plug and Play it is that easy. Add repeater cables web cameras and even another hub. But if your may not supply enough power for two cameras, if this happens the second camera will appear black which switched on.

When two cameras are operating to quickly take a picture single click on the video image.

To hide the main tool right click to see the popup menu

Use the PLUS (+) and MINUS (-) keys to toggle to fullscreen when cameras are active or while viewing the log window. Press F1 to toggle the Log screen and Target Screen for CAM1 and F2 for CAM2

Use the F1 Key to see the log for cam one and the F2 Key to see the log for cam rwo.

Press F1 or F2 over and over again to toggle from Log window to Target Window to the main screen.

LAN support (Advanced Users)

To use this feature

1. Place hssvss on each machine on the LAN

2. Open the Log screen for the camera's wanted over the LAN

3. Set the Deafult directory to a shared folder across the LAN

4. To view the results simply open any Log screen on any of the computers

HSSVSS since 2002